1. (1) Official individual identification.

   1. (a) Whenever a veterinarian does any of the following to a farm-raised deer, the veterinarian shall identify the farm-raised deer with an official individual identification unless the farm-raised deer already bears all required individual identification and shall record on the applicable document under subd. 1. or 2., all the official individual identification:

      1. 1. Vaccinates, identifies, or tests a farm-raised deer in order to complete a certificate of veterinary inspection or other official document or certification.
      2. 2. Tests, or collects test samples from, a farm-raised deer for any disease identified in s. ATCP 10.03.
   2. (am) Whenever a person qualified under s. ATCP 10.52 (4) collects test samples from a farm-raised deer for chronic wasting disease testing, the person shall identify the farm-raised deer with an official individual identification or a dead tag, unless the farm-raised deer already bears all required individual identification, and shall record the official individual identification or dead tag number on the test sample. All identification tags and numbers from the animal shall accompany the test sample.

   3. (c) A keeper of farm-raised deer shall identify each of the following farm-raised deer with 2 individual identifications meeting the requirements of sub. (3), unless that farm-raised deer already bears all the required individual identification:

      1. 1. Each farm-raised deer that the person receives from another person.
      2. 2. Each farm-raised deer that the person ships or delivers to another person.
      3. 3. Each farm-raised deer that the person moves from one farm-raised deer herd to another.
      4. 4. Each farm-raised deer that the person moves between locations that are registered under one registration certificate under s. ATCP 10.46 (4) (b).
   4. (f) No person may remove, alter, or tamper with the official individual identification given to any farm-raised deer, except as approved by the department or the federal bureau.

2. (2) Slaughter identification.

   1. (a) Whenever a slaughtering establishment operator receives any farm-raised deer for slaughter, that operator shall immediately identify that farm-raised deer with an official backtag or other official slaughter identification approved by the department unless the farm-raised deer already bears official individual identification or slaughter identification.

   2. (b) Whenever an operator under par. (a) receives a farm-raised deer for slaughter, that operator shall immediately record the following information related to that farm-raised deer:

      1. 1. The official individual identification or slaughter identification under par. (a).
      2. 2. The date on which that recipient received the farm-raised deer.
      3. 3. The name and address of the person from whom that recipient received the farm-raised deer.

   3. (c) A person who is required to keep records under par. (b) shall do all of the following:

      1. 1. Retain each record for at least 5 years.
      2. 2. Make the records available to the department, upon request, for inspection and copying.

3. (3) Two individual identifications for farm-raised deer. Whenever a farm-raised deer is required to have 2 individual identifications under this chapter, the farm-raised deer keeper shall ensure the identification meets all of the following requirements:

   1. (a) One is official individual identification.

   2. (b) The second is either an individual identification unique to the herd or official individual identification that meets one of the following requirements:

      1. 1. It was applied prior to June 1, 2020.
      2. 2. It is an “840” tag applied to an animal that has a national uniform ear tagging system ear tag under s. ATCP 10.01 (70) (a).

      3. 3. It is an official individual identification approved by the department.

         Note: A record of the official individual identification applied under subd. 2. or 3. must be recorded per s. ATCP 10.045 (3) (b).

   3. (c) At least one of the identifications under par. (a) or (b) is visible.

      Note: Animal identification requirements for animal truckers, animal markets and animal dealers are specified under ch. ATCP 12.

History

History: CR 06-009: cr. Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06; CR 11-048: am. (1) (a) 2. Register July 2012 No. 679, eff. 8-1-12; CR 13-058: am. (1) (a), cr. (1) (am), am. (1) (c) (intro.), (d), (e) Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 6-1-14; CR 15-092: am. (1) (a) (intro.), (am), (2) (a), (b) 1. Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 10-1-16; CR 18-085: am. (1) (am), (c) (intro.), r. (1) (d), (e), am. (2) (a), (b) (intro.), cr. (3) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20.